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Redskins: The Clock Is Now Ticking on Changing the Name

Redskins: The Clock Is Now Ticking on Changing the Name Redskins: The Clock Is Now Ticking on Changing the Name

A recent symposium at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian showed how the pressure is rising to change the name.

Feb 11, 2013 / Dave Zirin

Democrats Have a Unique Constitutional Duty to Check, Balance the President

Democrats Have a Unique Constitutional Duty to Check, Balance the President Democrats Have a Unique Constitutional Duty to Check, Balance the President

Members of the party of a sitting president have a higher responsibility to raise constitutional concerns about drone policy.

Feb 10, 2013 / John Nichols

This Week: Will Congress Save the Post Office? This Week: Will Congress Save the Post Office?

The elimination of Saturday service is bad for workers—and bad for our democracy.

Feb 9, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

President Obama Should Go to Chicago. And Yemen. And Pakistan. And …

President Obama Should Go to Chicago. And Yemen. And Pakistan. And … President Obama Should Go to Chicago. And Yemen. And Pakistan. And …

The president should condemn violence at home, and hold himself accountable for violence abroad, as well. 

Feb 8, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith

On ‘The Following’, and Violence in American Pop Culture

On ‘The Following’, and Violence in American Pop Culture On ‘The Following’, and Violence in American Pop Culture

We might not be inspired to commit violence by shows like The Following, but we are encouraged to ignore how violence is actually committed in America.

Feb 8, 2013 / Michelle Dean

Comments of the Week: The Post Office and White-Collar Criminals

Comments of the Week: The Post Office and White-Collar Criminals Comments of the Week: The Post Office and White-Collar Criminals

Our readers sound off on white-collar criminals and the post office's plans to end Saturday service. 

Feb 8, 2013 / Sarah Arnold

Altercation Extra: This is Forbes Journalism? My Complete E-mail Correspondence with Mr. Richard Behar of Forbes Magazine Altercation Extra: This is Forbes Journalism? My Complete E-mail Correspondence with Mr. Richard Behar of Forbes Magazine

An article on the Brooklyn College BDS debate sparks a biting e-mail exchange with an angry reader.

Feb 8, 2013 / Eric Alterman

Obama Opposed Syria War Plan from Clinton, Petraeus, Panetta, Gen. Dempsey Obama Opposed Syria War Plan from Clinton, Petraeus, Panetta, Gen. Dempsey

White House rejects powerful hawkish coaltion.

Feb 8, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

Eliminating Saturday Postal Service Threatens Vote-by-Mail Democracy

Eliminating Saturday Postal Service Threatens Vote-by-Mail Democracy Eliminating Saturday Postal Service Threatens Vote-by-Mail Democracy

Election officals across the country express concerns about the USPS move to cut delivery. Congress should take note and block the cut.

Feb 8, 2013 / John Nichols

Jeremy Scahill: Why Did the Senate Let John Brennan Get Away With Murder?

Jeremy Scahill: Why Did the Senate Let John Brennan Get Away With Murder? Jeremy Scahill: Why Did the Senate Let John Brennan Get Away With Murder?

Jeremy Scahill rips apart the hearings for Obama’s “assassination czar.”

Feb 8, 2013 / Press Room

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